Frailty and fear of death among geriatric patients in critical care units: A mixed methods study.

Background: Frailty, a geriatric syndrome characterized by decreased resilience, is a known risk factor for mortality in critical care settings and can significantly impact a patient's perception of their own health and prognosis.

Aim: To explore the relationship between frailty and fear of death in geriatric patients admitted to critical care units.

Study Design: A convergent parallel mixed methods design was applied.

Determinants of nursing students' satisfaction with blended learning.

Background: Blended learning, a pedagogical approach combining traditional classroom instruction with online components, has gained prominence in nursing education. While offering numerous benefits, student satisfaction with blended learning remains a critical concern. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing a comprehensive evaluation of the determinants influencing nursing students' satisfaction with this innovative educational modality.

Leading with AI in critical care nursing: challenges, opportunities, and the human factor.

Introduction: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in intensive care units (ICUs) presents both opportunities and challenges for critical care nurses. This study delves into the human factor, exploring how nurses with leadership roles perceive the impact of AI on their professional practice.

Objective: To investigate how nurses perceive the impact of AI on their professional identity, ethical considerations surrounding its use, and the shared meanings they attribute to trust, collaboration, and communication when working with AI systems.

Predictors of climate change literacy in the era of global boiling: a cross-sectional survey of Egyptian nursing students.

Background: Climate changes have led to health and environmental risks, so it has become essential to measure climate change literacy among the entire population, especially nursing students. The significant role of nursing students in raising public awareness and future healthcare roles emphasizes assessing the predictors of climate change literacy among nursing students.

Aims: This study seeks to identify the predictors of climate change literacy among nursing students in A Multi-Site Survey.

Actual versus perceived noise levels among critical care nurses and their related adverse effects: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Critical care nurses should help in reducing noise to improve the well-being of patients and health care providers.

Aim/s: To measure actual noise levels in intensive care units, identify nurses' perceived irritation levels of noise sources and examine the impact of noise on nurses' work performance and well-being.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to April 2023 at a teaching hospital's six intensive care units.

Measuring the needs of older adult patients in intensive care units: A translation and validation study of the NAPinICU questionnaire.

The NAPinICU questionnaire, specifically designed to assess the needs of older adult patients in intensive care units, serves as a valuable tool for understanding and addressing their unique requirements. This study applied a cross-cultural translation process, followed by a cross-sectional survey to measure patients' needs and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic-translated version of the NAPinICU questionnaire. The older adults' translated questionnaire demonstrated high content validity, good test-retest reliability and acceptable internal consistency.

Clinical evaluation for the pharyngeal oxygen saturation measurements in shocked patients.

Background: Monitoring oxygen saturation in shocked patients is a challenging nursing procedure. Shock syndrome alters peripheral tissue perfusion and hinders peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurements. Our study aimed to find a solution to this problem.

Relationship between ventilator bundle compliance and the occurrence of ventilator-associated events: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Instead of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the modern definition of ventilator-associated events (VAEs) has been introduced to identify infectious and noninfectious respiratory complications. Some studies revealed that compliance to the ventilator bundle is associated with decreased occurrence of VAP, but little is known about its association with the decrease of VAEs occurrence.

Methods: A prospective cohort research design was used.

The effect of simulation-based flipped classroom on acquisition of cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills: A simulation-based randomized trial.

Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an essential skill required by critical care nurses. Evidence has shown that the use of a novel method called simulation-based flipped classroom (SBFC) can save training time in nursing laboratories and, to some extent, enhance social distancing during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of SBFC on nursing students' acquisition of CPR skills.

Predictors of critical care nurses' stress, anxiety, and depression in response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic directly affects the psychological well-being of critical care nurses. Several studies had investigated the psychological impact of the pandemic on nurses caring for patients with COVID-19, but few were conducted to identify the predictors of this impact.

Aims: The objective of this study is to identify the predictors of critical care nurses' stress, anxiety, and depression in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The effect of reverse Trendelenburg position versus semi-recumbent position on respiratory parameters of obese critically ill patients: A randomised controlled trial.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the effect of reverse Trendelenburg position versus semi-recumbent position on respiratory parameters of obese critically ill patients.

Background: Reverse Trendelenburg position is recommended for obese patients; however, the effect among critically ill patients, especially those on mechanical ventilation, has limited study.

Design: Randomised, controlled pretest, repeated post-test trial with two parallel groups.